No. 10 Eagles Hold Off Crimson, 3-2

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Michael Biega scored a
goal in the third period to cut a Boston College lead to one goal,
but the 10th-ranked Eagles held on for a 3-2 win against the
Harvard men’s hockey team Wednesday night at Bright Hockey
Center.

Biega also assisted on Daniel Moriarty’s power-play tally for
the Crimson (1-8-2), while Ryan Carroll made 17 saves without
allowing a goal in 36 minutes of relief goaltending. Three
different players scored for BC, which got 25 saves from Parker
Milner. Harvard held a 27-26 edge in shots and was 1 for 3 with the
man advantage. The Eagles were scoreless in three power plays.

Harvard recorded the first three shots of the game, but the Eagles
turned it around from there, registering two goals in less than
three minutes. Cam Atkinson had the first at 8:39, finishing from
the slot after Philip Samuelsson found him from the left point.
Paul Carey made it 2-0, scoring high to the glove side after Ben
Smith dropped it back to him on the left side of the ice. Moriarty
trimmed the lead to a single goal at 14:34. He deflected Michael
Biega’s point shot past Milner after Eric Kroshus won a loose
puck at the top of the left circle. Harvard held a 10-7 advantage
in shots in the period.

Boston College had the only goal of the second period, about three
minutes into the frame. Jimmy Hayes banged in the rebound of Steven
Whitney’s shot off the left post on the rush. The Eagles
outshot Harvard, 8-3, in the period. Carroll entered after the
third BC goal and stopped the Eagles’ final six shots before
the intermission.

The Crimson started to pick up its play late in the second and took
that momentum into the third, outshooting the Eagles by a 14-11
margin. Biega again cut the deficit to one about eight minutes in.
After a BC defenseman lost control of the puck to the right of
Milner, Biega swooped in to pick it up. He pulled the puck out of
the reach of a Milner poke check and slid it between the
goalie’s legs for his fourth goal and team-leading 12th
point.

Harvard continued to battle back, but Milner and the Eagles hung
on. The BC freshman stopped chances in succession by Moriarty and
Colin Moore and saved shots by Alex Killorn and Alex Biega after
Harvard coach Ted Donato pulled Carroll for an extra attacker with
55 seconds remaining.